lose

[lu:z]

vt.丢失, 失败, 削减, 丧生, 看不到, 亏损, 迷失
vi.失败, 经受损失, 走慢

vt.

1. 失, 丢失, 丧失

Carl's father lost his job last month.

卡尔的父亲上个月失业了。

2. 使失去[O1]

A bad cold had lost me some time.

一场重感冒使我失去了一些时间。

3. 输去; 未赢得

He has lost his case.

他的官司打输了。

4. 损失(金钱)[(+on)]

We lost a lot of money on that deal.

我们在那笔交易上亏损了许多钱。

5. 迷失; 使迷路

She got lost in the forest.

她在森林里迷了路。

6. 听不见; 看不见; 抓不住; 错过

She had to walk to the station and so lost her train.

她只能步行去车站, 因而没赶上火车。

7. 浪费, 白费

Louise lost no time in returning to Cincinnati.

路易丝没有耽搁, 马上回到辛辛那提。

8. 使沉湎于[(+in)]

The boy soon lost himself in the book.

这男孩不久便专心地看起书来。

9. 使迷糊不清

10. (钟表)慢

My watch loses a minute a day.

我的表一天慢一分钟。

vi.

1. 输掉, 失败[(+by/to)]

Cambridge lost to Oxford.

剑桥队输给了牛津队。

2. 受损失; 赔钱[(+on)]

We lost on that transaction.

我们在那笔交易上赔了钱。

3. (钟、表)走慢

Your watch is losing.

你的表走慢了。

词形变化

动词过去式: lost | 动词过去分词: lost | 动词现在分词: losing | 动词第三人称单数: loses |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.输掉; 失败; 失去

fail  flop  forfeit  sacrifice  be unsuccessful

vt.误放; 遗失

misplace  mislay  

同义参见:

miss  

反义:

vt.vi.丢失; 使失去

find  win  catch  gain  

反义参见:

keep  acquire  defeat  get  recover  obtain  

英英释义

动词 lose:

fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

fail to win

suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

place (something) where one cannot find it again

同义词：misplace, mislay

miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

allow to go out of sight

fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

同义词：turn a loss

fail to get or obtain

retreat

同义词：fall back, drop off, fall behind, recede

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

同义词：miss

be set at a disadvantage

同义词：suffer

补充

loselose英:[lu:z] 美:[luz]vt.1.遗失; 失去She lost her purse.她的钱包遗失了。vt. & vi.1.输掉; 失败2.浪费

例句

1. I lost my keys.我钥匙丢了。 2. I had to go back for my checkup; they'd lost my X-rays.我不得不再做一次健康检查, 他们把我的X光片弄丢了。 3. the famous Nankin pottery that was lost in a shipwreck off the coast of China在中国沿海的一场海难中丢失的著名白底青花瓷 4. I've lost my purse.我的钱包丢了。 5. They lost their ability to hear.他们丧失了听力。 6. He lost all sense of reason.他完全失去了理智。 7. He had lost the use of his legs.他的腿动不了了。 8. He had lost his desire to live.他失去了活下去的欲望。 9. He lost a foot when he was struck by a train.他被火车撞伤后截掉了一只脚。 10. Babies lose heat much faster than adults.婴儿身体热量的流失比成人要快很多。 11. A lot of body heat is lost through the scalp.人体通过头皮散失大量热量。 12. During fever a large quantity of fluid is lost in perspiration.高烧时, 大量体液以汗液的形式流失掉。 13. She lost a lot of blood.她流了很多血。 14. Martha was able to lose 25 pounds.玛莎当时能够减掉25磅的体重。 15. He has lost a lot of weight since his illness.得病以来, 他瘦了很多。 16. I lost my job when the company moved to another state.公司迁往另一个州时我失去了工作。 17. He lost his licence for six months.他被吊销执照六个月。 18. She was terrified they'd lose their home.她非常害怕他们会失去家园。 19. He lost his place in the team.他失去了在队里的位置。 20. I might even lose my job.我甚至可能会丢了工作。 21. His shops stand to lose millions of pounds.他的店铺可能会蒙受数百万英镑的损失。 22. $1 billion a year may be lost.年亏损可能达10亿美元。 23. The company was losing a million pounds a week.这家公司每周亏损100万英镑。 24. They have lost six games and won ten.他们输了6场比赛, 赢了10场。 25. AC Milan lost the Italian Cup Final.AC米兰队输掉了意大利杯赛决赛。 26. The Vietnam conflict ultimately was lost.越战冲突以失败告终。 27. The government lost the argument over the pace of reform.政府在有关改革进度的争论中落败。 28. Michael held on to her arm, losing himself in the music.迈克尔紧紧地抓着她的胳膊, 完全沉浸在音乐中。 29. They did not lose the opportunity to say what they thought of events.他们抓住机会说出自己对这些事件的看法。 30. If you don't do it soon you're going to lose the opportunity.如果你不抓紧做的话, 就会错过这个机会。 31. the ferry disaster in 1987, in which 192 people lost their lives1987年致使192人丧生的渡船遇难 32. Two men were lost in the attack.在进攻中有两人殒命。 33. Hundreds of lives were lost in fighting.战斗夺去了数百条性命。 34. He had just lost his wife.他刚刚失去了妻子。 35. My Grandma lost her brother in the war.我祖母在战争中失去了自己的哥哥。 36. You lose valuable time if you wait.别等了, 省得浪费你宝贵的时间。 37. They claim that police lost valuable time in the early part of the investigation.他们声称警察在一开始调查时浪费了宝贵时间。 38. Six hours were lost in all.一共浪费了6个小时的时间。 39. He managed to lose his pursuers in the maze of streets.他想方设法在迷宫般的街道上摆脱了追踪者。 40. We lost him in the crowd.我们在人群中把他跟丢了。 41. My own stupidity lost me the match.自身的愚钝使我输掉了比赛。 42. His economic mismanagement has lost him the support of the general public.他在经济上的管理不善使他失去了广大民众的支持。 43. I lost the gist of his speech.我抓不住他演讲的要点。 44. My watch loses about five minutes a day.我的手表每天慢5分钟。 45. I lost a patient today. Young chap. Postoperative haemorrhage.今天我未能救活一个病人。是个年轻的小伙子, 死于手术后大出血。 46. It was such fun playing, it didn't matter that we lost.比赛非常有趣, 我们虽然输了, 但也没关系。 47. Poetry always loses in translation.诗歌一经翻译韵味就会丢失。 48. The killer appeared to be losing it.这个杀手好像疯了一样。 49. Both countries have much to lose if there is a war.一旦发生战争, 两国都会损失巨大。 50. We know that big institutions have a lot to lose if they get it wrong.我们知道大机构如果判断失误的话损失会很大。 51. They say they have nothing to lose and will continue protesting until the government vetoes the agreement.他们说自己一无所有, 不怕失去什么, 所以会继续抗议直到政府否决协议为止。 52. I completely lost it. I went berserk.我完全气疯了, 暴跳如雷。 53. The President has lost no opportunity to capitalise on his new position.总统不放过任何机会利用他的新职位牟取利益。 54. He said some sections of the press had lost no opportunity to create the impression that she was guilty.他说某些新闻机构抓住一切机会制造她有罪的印象。 55. As soon as he heard the gossip, he lost no time in spreading it round the office.他一听到这个流言, 就马上在办公室里四处散播。 56. Bill lost no time in telling me about his idea.比尔立刻把他的想法告诉了我。 57. Officials have lost no time in expressing their concern and grief over this incident.官员马上对此事件表示他们的关心和悲痛。 58. We lost sight of the train behind some trees.火车隐入树后, 我们看不见了。 59. We've lost sight of our moral values.我们已经忘记了自己的道德观。 60. The men lost their way in a sandstorm.士兵们在沙尘暴中迷失了方向。 61. For a while the artist completely lost his way. The famous humour gave way to sentimental nonsense.有一段时间这位表演艺术家完全迷失了方向。他没有了其出了名的风趣幽默, 取而代之的是伤春悲秋的无聊情感。 62. If we cannot understand that there's an issue of principle here, then we have lost our way.如果我们看不到这里存在原则问题的话, 那么我们已经迷失了方向。 63. After a promising first half the film loses its way.电影的前半场让大家很看好, 后面就不知所云了。 64. Many people lost their jobs because of the economic depression.由于经济萧条，许多人失业了。 65. She lost her eyesight at 19 months.她19个月的时候就失明了。 66. I have lost my dictionary.我的词典丢了。 67. They lost the bargain.他们没能成交。 68. to lose one's chance错过机会 69. Be quick, not a moment to be lost!快点，一刻也不能耽搁。 70. I don't know what had lost her her job.我不知道是什么使她丢掉了工作。 71. The delay lost them the battle.延误使他们战败。 72. The host team lost the football game.主队踢输了足球赛。 73. He lost the bet.他赌输了。 74. They lost a large sum of money on that project.他们在那个项目上损失了一大笔钱。 75. Two ships were lost in the storm.两艘船在这场暴风雨中遇难。 76. She lost her son in the crowd.她在人群中看不见她儿子了。 77. We didn't lose a word of his speech.我们听清了他的每一句话。 78. They lost themselves in the strange city.他们在陌生的城市里迷了路。 79. He soon lost himself in a best-seller.他不久就专心地读着一本畅销小说了。 80. He lost the other runners from the very beginning of the race.他从比赛一开始就将其他选手甩到后面去了。 81. to lose speed减速 82. The clock is losing 5 minutes a day.这个钟每天慢五分钟。 83. to lose one's balance失去身体平衡 84. to lose one's temper动怒，大发脾气 85. The little girl has lost her fear of the dark.小姑娘不再害怕黑暗了。 86. to lose unwanted weight摆脱讨厌的重压 87. The enemy lost heavily in the decisive battle.敌人在决战中损失惨重。 88. They lost on the contract.他们在合同上赔了钱。 89. The Shanghai team lost to the Beijing team 1∶3.上海队以1∶3输给了北京队。 90. Your watch loses.你的表慢。 91. The classic loses much in translation.这部经典作品经翻译后减色不少。 92. I've lost my appetite.我没有胃口。 93. Linda was very upset about losing her job.琳达因为丢了工作很沮丧。 94. the company may find itself losing customers to cheaper rivals.公司会发现客户被价格更优惠的对手抢走了。 95. you lost me my appointment at London University.你让我失去了在伦敦大学的职位。 96. she lost her husband in the fire.她的丈夫在大火中丧生。 97. a fishing disaster in which 129 local men were lost.一次导致129名当地男子死亡的渔难。 98. she couldn't eat and began to lose weight.她无法进食，体重开始下降。 99. he may have lost his chance of taking over as world No. 1.他可能已经错过夺取世界冠军的机会。 100. the government lost no time in holding fresh elections.政府抓紧时间举行新选举。 101. this clock will neither gain nor lose a second.这个钟走时丝毫不差。 102. in the end I completely lost it—I was screaming at them.最后我实在控制不了情绪，冲着他们大叫了起来。 103. I've lost the car keys.我把汽车钥匙弄丢了。 104. the clouds came down and we lost the path.云幕渐渐低垂，我们迷路了。 105. he came after me waving his revolver, but I easily lost him.他在后面挥动着左轮手枪跟着我，但我轻易地甩掉了他。 106. lose that creep!.干掉那讨厌的家伙。 107. sorry, Tim, you've lost me there.蒂姆，很抱歉，你把我弄糊涂了。 108. he had been lost in thought.他陷入了沉思。 109. England lost eight out of the eleven one-day internationals.在十一场为期一天的国际比赛中，英格兰输了八场。 110. [no obj.]they lost by one vote.他们以一票之差败北。 111. [as adj. losing]the losing side.失败方。 112. that shot lost him the championship.那一枪使他与冠军无缘。 113. the paper is losing £1.5 million a month.这家报纸每月亏损150万英镑。 114. [no obj.]he lost heavily on box office flops.票房失败使他损失惨重。 115. he was trying to work out how he could go back home without losing face.他在设法找出不失面子回家的办法。 116. no one is losing any sleep over what he thinks of us.没人在意他怎样看我们。 117. the company has lost its way and should pull out of general insurance.公司已经迷失了经营方向，应该撤出常规保险业务。 118. we're offering them for only £2.50—you can't lose!.我们以 2.5英镑的价格提供商品，包你得益！。 119. youngsters who were losing out on regular schooling.错过常规教育机会的年轻人。 120. they were disappointed at losing out to Berlin in the semi-finals.他们因为在半决赛中输给柏林队而沮丧不已。 121. I've lost my purse. I can't find it anywhere.我遗失了钱包，到处找也找不到。 122. She lost a leg in the accident.她在那宗事故中失去了一条腿。 123. He lost his wife last year(= she died).他去年丧妻。 124. to lose your job失业 125. to lose weight/interest/patience减轻体重；失去兴趣；缺乏耐性 126. The company is losing money all the time.这家公司一直亏损。 127. We played well but we lost 2-1.我们打得不错，但以1比2失利。 128. to lose a court case/an argument在诉讼╱辩论中败北 129. Parma lost to Milan in the final.帕尔马队在决赛中输给了米兰队。 130. The company lost on the deal.公司在那宗交易上亏了本。 131. You've totally lost me! Please explain again.你说的我完全听不懂！请再解释一遍。 132. We mustn't lose sight of our original aim.我们决不可忘记原先的目的。 133. I've lost touch with a lot of my old school friends.我已经跟许多老同学失去联系。 134. If a teacher pays too much attention to the bright students, the others lose out.如果老师过分重视聪明学生，其他学生就会被忽视。 135. She's always losing her gloves.她总是丢手套。 136. Don't lose your keys.别把钥匙丢了。 137. Hold my hand: I don't want to lose you.抓住我的手，我不想把你弄丢了。 138. The police lost him in the crowd. [=the police were no longer able to find/see him after he went into the crowd]警察在人群中把他跟丢了。 139. The airline lost my luggage. [=my luggage did not arrive at the airport I flew into]航空公司把我的行李弄丢了。 140. He lost the fly ball in the sun. [=he was unable to see the fly ball because he was looking toward the sun]阳光晃得他没看到那个高飞球。 141. The letter was lost in the mail. [=it was sent but never delivered to the person it was addressed to]信寄丢了。 142. lose a battle/game输掉战斗/比赛 143. She lost her bid for reelection. [=she failed to win the election; she was not reelected]她在改选中失利。 144. We lost the game by a score of 4-2.我们以2：4的比分输掉了比赛。 145. He lost his title in the rematch.他在复赛中失去了冠军头衔。 146. She lost the lawsuit.她输了官司。 147. The team lost three games but won the next four.这个队连输三场，但接着赢了四场。 148. The team lost in the finals.这个队在决赛中败北。 149. an athlete known for losing with grace以输比赛但不输体面而出名的运动员 150. That horse always loses.那匹马总是输。 151. He hates to lose when money is involved.涉及钱时，他就很不愿意输。 152. How could she play that well and still lose?她发挥那么好，怎么还是输了呢？ 153. The Yankees lost to the Red Sox.扬基队输给了红袜队。 154. lose an advantage失去优势 155. The country lost its independence 50 years ago.这个国家50年前丧失了独立。 156. The mayor is losing power/influence/support.那位市长的权力/影响力/支持度正在减弱。 157. He is in danger of losing control of the company.他面临失去公司控制权的危险。 158. She lost control of the car and skidded off the road.她的车失去控制，滑出了马路。 159. "I was so angry that I lost control (of myself, of my temper) and yelled at them."我生气极了，情绪失控，冲他们吼了起来。 160. She didn't lose her job but she lost access to all confidential company materials.她虽然保住了工作，但无法再接触公司任何机密材料了。 161. The senator lost votes when he angered some of his supporters.那位议员因激怒了他的一些支持者而丢了选票。 162. The religious community was losing its younger members.这个宗教团体的年轻成员正在流失。 163. He hasn't lost his sense of humor.他还没有失去幽默感。 164. They had lost all hope of winning the title.他们已经完全失去了夺冠的希望。 165. I don't want anything to eat. I've lost my appetite. [=I no longer feel hungry]我什么也不想吃。我没胃口。 166. She began to lose confidence in herself. [=to feel less confident]她开始对自己失去信心。 167. Try not to lose patience with the children.尽量不要对孩子失去耐心。 168. The accident victim was rapidly losing blood.事故受害者在大出血。 169. I'm sorry I'm late. I lost track of the time. [=I failed to stay aware of the time; I did not realize that so much time had passed]抱歉我来晚了。我没留意时间。 170. She lost her balance [=failed to keep her weight spread equally] and fell.她失去平衡摔倒了。 171. You might as well apply for the job. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.你不妨申请这份工作。你会只赚不亏。 172. Some of them are married and have young children—they have a lot to lose.他们中有些人已经结婚生子了——他们会失去很多。 173. I can't quit now. I have too much to lose.我现在不能退出，否则我将损失惨重。 174. They lost all their money/savings in a poor investment.他们因一次失败的投资而失去了所有的钱/积蓄。 175. The company has been losing money for the past several years. [=it has been spending more money than it has been earning]公司在过去的几年中一直亏损。 176. Investors lost heavily when the company's stock failed to meet expectations.公司的股票没能达到预期，投资者损失惨重。 177. We lost (electrical) power during the storm.暴风雨期间我们断电了。 178. He lost an arm in the war. [=one of his arms was destroyed or so badly injured that it had to be removed]他在战争中失去了一条胳膊。 179. They lost everything in the fire. [=all their possessions were destroyed in the fire]火灾夺走了他们的一切。 180. He yelled so much during the game that he lost his voice [=he was unable to speak] for two days.他在比赛期间吼得太卖力了，结果嗓子哑了两天。 181. Many people who lose weight by dieting eventually gain the weight back.许多节食减肥的人最后还是胖了回来。 182. She has been losing strength in her legs.她的腿越来越没力气了。 183. He was gradually losing his eyesight.他的视力正在逐渐衰退。 184. He's losing his hair. [=becoming bald]他开始脱发了。 185. The public seems to have lost interest in the case.公众似乎已经对这个案子失去了兴趣。 186. One careless statement lost the election for her. = One careless statement lost her the election. [=she lost the election because of one careless statement]不经意的一席话让她输掉了选举。 187. The TV program has lost popularity [=become less popular] in recent years.近年来这档电视节目的热度已经退去。 188. The plane was losing altitude.飞机正在下降。 189. What will you do if the company's stock loses value when you expect it to gain value?当你期待公司股票升值时它却贬值了，你会怎么做？ 190. What will you do if the stock loses when you expect it to gain?如果当你期待股票升值时它却贬值了，你会怎么做？ 191. His retirement account lost three percent last quarter.他退休金账户的金额上个季度减少了三个百分点。 192. The dollar lost against the pound last week.上周美元兑英镑的汇率下降了。 193. She lost her husband in the war. [=her husband was killed in the war]她在战争中失去了丈夫。 194. He lost his best friend to cancer. [=his best friend died of cancer]癌症夺走了他最好的朋友。 195. The country lost thousands of young men in/during the war. = Thousands of young men were lost [=killed] in/during the war. = Thousands of young men lost their lives in/during the war.这个国家有成千上方的年轻人在战争中丧生。 196. "She's very sick, and the doctors say they're afraid they're going to lose her. [=they're afraid that she is going to die]"她病得很重，医生说她恐怕没救了。 197. I was sad to hear that she lost the baby. [=that her baby died before being born or soon after being born]听说她的孩子没了，我很难过。 198. a sailor who was lost at sea [=who died at sea]在海上遇难的水手 199. We'll be sorry to lose you when you leave for your new job.如果你因新工作而离开我们，我们会很遗憾的。 200. He begged his wife to forgive him and told her that he didn't want to lose her.他请求妻子原谅，并对她说不想失去她。 201. He lost his temper/cool/composure. [=he became angry]他失控发脾气了。 202. She wondered if she was losing her mind/sanity. [=becoming insane]她不知道自己是不是失去了理智。 203. He seems to be losing his nerve. [=becoming afraid]他看起来惊慌失措。 204. I don't want to lose this chance/opportunity.我不想浪费这次机会。 205. We lost (a good bit of) time in that traffic jam.堵车浪费了我们（很多）的时间。 206. She lost no time in getting the project started. [=she got the project started immediately]她立即启动了项目。 207. We need to get started immediately. There's no time to lose.我们得马上开始。抓紧时间吧。 208. My old watch loses a minute every day.我的旧表每天都走慢一分钟。 209. a clock that loses less than any other clock yet invented迄今发明的走慢误差最小的时钟 210. I'm sorry. You've lost me. [=I don't understand what you're telling me]很抱歉，你把我弄糊涂了。 211. "I understood the first part of the lecture, but when he started to talk about quantum physics he lost me completely. [=I was completely unable to understand what he was saying]"讲座的第一部分我听懂了，但是当他开始讲量子物理学之后我就完全被搞糊涂了。 212. She tried to lose them by turning down a side street.她拐进小巷力图把他们甩掉。 213. I just can't seem to lose this cold.看来我是没法摆脱这场感冒了。 214. "lose the attitude, okay? [=stop having a bad attitude; stop being annoyed, uncooperative, etc.]"把态度改改，行不？ 215. You can lose [=remove] that sentence and the paragraph will sound better.你可以删掉那个句子，这样整段话听起来会好些。 216. "He was always a little strange, but now he's completely lost it."他一直都有点奇怪，但现在是彻底疯了。 217. I was so angry that I almost lost it.我非常生气，差点就失控了。 218. "Whoever benefits from the new government programs, the American taxpayer is bound to lose out in the end."无论是谁从政府的新计划中获益，最终吃亏的肯定都是美国的纳税人。 219. "If you don't invest with us, you'll be losing out on a great opportunity! [=you'll be missing/wasting a great opportunity]"如果你不给我们投资，你将错失良机。 220. She lost out to a better-known actress for the lead role. [=she did not get the lead role because a better-known actress got it]她没演成女主角，输给了一个知名度更高的女演员。 221. He lost himself in his work.他沉浸在工作中。 222. a musician who completely loses herself in the music完全沉浸于音乐的女音乐家 223. a losable game可能失败的比赛 224. the losing candidate in the race [=the candidate who did not win; the candidate who lost]角逐中失败的候选人 225. The team is on a losing streak.这支球队屡战屡败。 226. The team had a losing record/season.这支球队有个失败的战绩/赛季。